Hatewatch Headlines 1/16/2018
Recalling how King faced his own ‘fake news’; Black people get little counseling for racial trauma; How the alt-right twists social science to justify racism; and more.
: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: A history in rumor.
: Here’s how Republicans are whitewashing the memory of Dr. King this year.
: Black Americans suffer most from racial trauma, but few counselors are trained to treat it.
: How the alt-right uses social science to make their racism respectable.
: A look at how white supremacists recruit online.
: Donald Trump’s racism: The definitive list.
: Here are the six most misleading euphemisms for Trump’s racist rhetoric and unhinged behavior.
: Meet Peter Imanuelsen, aka Peter Sweden, the alt-right’s favorite Swedish conspiracy theorist.
: Alex Jones says media will soon claim that Trump rapes and eats Haitian babies.
: After 30 years in the U.S., but too old for DACA, metro Detroit immigrant deported to Mexico.
: Ronnie Lucas Wilson, neo-Nazi suspected in police shooting, captured in Blount County.
: Forgotten in the classroom: The post-Civil War Reconstruction era.
: After successfully bringing down her local Confederate monuments, this activist says she’s running for office.
: After drubbing by the press, ambassador to the Netherlands apologizes for anti-Muslim remarks.
: The battle over racial gerrymandering is once again headed to the Supreme Court.